My wife is going to be away from home for quite a while this time.
Xizeer heard the two talking and looked up at Ming Mei.
He asked, "Is Mom going to Country C?"
Ming Mei gestured for Xizeer to come over, "Yes, I might have to go for a month. Yousheng's godmother, Mom's best friend, just had a baby girl; Mom has to go see her."
Xizeer picked up a tissue and wiped his fingers clean from peeling grapes for Yousheng before sitting next to Ming Mei.
Xizeer asked, "Is Dad going?"
Kang Chen sighed heavily, his expression a bit melancholy: "I want to go, but I simply can't leave."
There are so many things happening domestically, two national visits this month, foreign delegations coming over, all very important, I can't leave any of it.
Xizeer asked, "Then... is Mom going alone, or is Yousheng going too?"
